The Ottawa free trader., 1887-11-12

DIR. HArHEwAY, of Ottawa, said he assisted
at the post mortem examination of the re.
mains OF the murdered girl, on Monday, June
IS, by Drs. Burns, sr. and jr., Maher and Zei.
sing, The stiffness Of the body had passed
of. He said: 1--WE examined the head and
found two wounds, one near the front on top
and one farther back, about one to two inches
long, wound six to seven inches long on the
abdomen, near the ribs. The anterior scalp
wound was an inch back Of the seam that
runs across the top OF the head. The scalp
was cut through three.f0urths OF an inch In
diameter. The second wound was from two
to three inches, near the top front and back
seam Of the skull. The wound was ono inch
in diameter and the bone covering lacerated
and torn, as was the other. There was
bruise on each cheek, an inch to an inch and
half in diameter, and blood had settled in
one. The wound on the abdomen was bruise
six inches inches in length, four In breadth,
parallel to the ribs, bluish-green color, clear
and distinct. AS to the cause OF the first
wsund on the scalp, 1t was done by some
blunt, heavy instrument; the same as to the
second; and as to the abdomenal injury,
should say 1t was by kick. The girl was
prematurely developed physically. There
were evidences Of an outrage upon her per.
son. We made a partial dissection OF the
body. The head was first examined. About
an inch above the left eyebrow blood had set.
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wound was clot Of blood from an inch and
half to two inches in diameter, and mingled
with bruised tissue, also dent in the scull; q
still larger clot Of blood in the back wound
and fracture of the scull, extending about
inches down toward the base of the scull. In
making the examination two or three ounces
of blood run out. The fracture was clear
through into the brain. The long fracture
begun at the center of the head above the left
ear and ran in a circular course downward
towards the base, about inches. The top OF
the skull was taken off by us, and clot OF
blood found under each wound under the
scull. The brain tissue iself had lost its poi
ish and it looked as though it had been
scraped, indicating severe concussiOn or
bruise In lifting the skull off we found the
tissues above the brain bruised aud the brain
soft and pulpy .sThe skull showed the frac-
ture through all the three plates, but not all
of the same length. The bones of the upper
seam were separated distance in length of
three or four or four inches. We then open
ed the throat found t. lungs healthy, lit
tie bloody matter issued. The abdomen was
opened. The wound was parallel to the ribs.
All the muscular tissues at this wound were
found bruised. The edge of the liver which
comes down here was black, the color dark
blue-bruised. The lustre of intestines was
destroyed; so the other organs in that
region all bore evidence Of bruise,
applleu externally. we tneu eAdlulucu tuc
lungs; found no adhesion; bloody fluid came
out of them; stomach almost entirely empty;
the ventricles of heart empty; kidneys slight
ly congested; no water in the lungs, nor
trachea, nor stomach. From all these indica-
tions, disclosed by this examination, have
no doubt that the child was entirely dead be-
fore she entered the water" (Motion to ex-
clude latter part of answer Overruled)
"FrOm the nature Of the wounds in the
head have no doubt they would have pro-
duced DEATH and the wound in the abdomen
would have produced Inflammation and in all
human probability, death. The hair on her
head was Of luxuriantgrowth and longer than
the average Of girls ten years old"
Cross. s.E1.-"I have no doubt fracture of
this kind would produce death, but 1t might
and might not be instant. In a case Of violent
death by a shock, and the body Immediately
afterwards placed In water, there would be no
water in the lungs, except in case OF gasp
for breath. If there is no attempt at inspira-
tion, there could be no water in the lungs" A
discussion of the medical authorities by MIR.
Bull and the witness then followed, to show
by the defense that the body might have been
drowned merely, and still show no water in
the lungs.
Dr. Louis R. BURNS, of La Sale, followed
DR.. Hathaway, testfying to substantially the
same facts in relation to the findings of the
post mortem examination. DR.. GEORGE X.
BURNS also testified to the same facts; as did
also DR.. ZIEsING.
At the conclusion of the physicians testi-
mony, in reply to Mr.. Bull, of the defense,
Mr.. Mooney stated that he thought the State
would conclude the testimony for the prose-
cution some time today.